Thursday, November 25, 2010

What's big and purple and making Max very thankful?

Max's teacher thought to ask the kids in class what they're grateful for, and this is what Max said. Conspicuously missing: the color purple, the color brown, chocolate ice-cream, Sabrina and Daddy. Daddy noticed. "Hey, what's up with that?" Dave wanted to know. I couldn't answer, but I'm glad to have made the grade.

I hadn't yet shown Max his big surprise when he created it, otherwise I suspect it would have made it on there. I spent the week scrambling to get it together. Big hint: Sabrina recently got one, and Max coveted it.

Yes, a Big Boy Bed. With purple bedding. And a new pair of purple pj's, just because I wanted him to be out of his head with purple happiness. "EEEEEEET!" Max said, pointing out that they had feet.

The bed's nice and low because we used a bunkie board instead of a box spring. I'd never heard of one before, it's basically a hard board covered with fabric. It works.

Max is totally able to clamber in and out of the bed, unassisted. He feel asleep feeling very grateful last night.

What beautiful bedding Max has! I just found your article in the September Good Housekeeping and fell in love. I grew up with two best friends with special needs and have worked with individuals with developmental disabilities so I loved your positive, honest, and straight-forward advice! It was a pleasure to find out I could continue to read your writing on the blog!

My kids have box spring/mattress ON THE FLOOR...no frame, no headboard, just chalkboard paint halfway up the wall so the little terrors can write all over the wall in a quasi-controlled manner. Of course, that was a step up from futon-flat-on-the-floor, which was what was happening for a couple of years before that.

No, I won't win any House Beautiful awards, I guess (nyuck, nyuck). They're lucky if the sheets match the pillowcase! Now that we don't need to go to the laundromat anymore, they're always clean, at least! I loooooooove doing laundry at home!

I just love reading about when Max reaches the next milestone. He and Luke are the same age, have different dissabilities, yet are very much alike -- all boy! I also think you are sometimes like me -- you don't realize when he is ready for the next step (e.g. big boy bed). Isn't good that our boys can help us?!

"Purple" is one word our smiley kiddo can say... with great enthusiasm! Probably because Barney is purple. Her 8-year-old stuffed Barney recently had an arm amputated due to piles of fluff excaping from the armpit....